PRESS BOOKS] DANTE, Alighieri. La Divina Commedia. London: Nonesuch Press, 1928. Large 4 o. 42 illustrations after drawings by Sandro Botticelli Original vellum. Slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 499 of 1475 copies. -- CASTIGLIONE, Baldassare. Il Cortegiano. Translated into English by Thomas Hoby. London: Essex House Press, 1929. 4 o. Contemporary morocco gilt by the Guild of Handicrafts (light wear to spine ends and corners). Provenance : C.W. Cavendish (bookplate). LIMITED EDITION, number 197 of 200 copies. -- KINGSLEY, Charles. The Heroes. London: Medici Society, 1912. 4 o. Plates with illustrations by W. Russell Flint. Contemporary blue morocco, elaborately gilt, t.e.g., morocco turn-ins and silk doublures and linings (short crack to upper joint, spine fading). LIMITED EDITION, number 11 of 500 copies. -- DRYDEN, John. All for Love. San Francisco: printed for W.A. Clark by John Henry Nash 1929. 2 vols. 2 o and small 4 o. Colored plates in the 2 o vol., 4 o vol. is a facsimile of the first edition. Original vellum-backed boards, t.e.g. Original fitted box. Provenance : W.A. Clark (printed "Compliments" slip); Estelle Doheny (bookplate). LIMITED EDITION, number 68 of 250 sets -- and 11 other press books or fine bindings. (16)
PRESS BOOKS] DANTE, Alighieri. La Divina Commedia. London: Nonesuch Press, 1928. Large 4 o. 42 illustrations after drawings by Sandro Botticelli Original vellum. Slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 499 of 1475 copies. -- CASTIGLIONE, Baldassare. Il Cortegiano. Translated into English by Thomas Hoby. London: Essex House Press, 1929. 4 o. Contemporary morocco gilt by the Guild of Handicrafts (light wear to spine ends and corners). Provenance : C.W. Cavendish (bookplate). LIMITED EDITION, number 197 of 200 copies. -- KINGSLEY, Charles. The Heroes. London: Medici Society, 1912. 4 o. Plates with illustrations by W. Russell Flint. Contemporary blue morocco, elaborately gilt, t.e.g., morocco turn-ins and silk doublures and linings (short crack to upper joint, spine fading). LIMITED EDITION, number 11 of 500 copies. -- DRYDEN, John. All for Love. San Francisco: printed for W.A. Clark by John Henry Nash 1929. 2 vols. 2 o and small 4 o. Colored plates in the 2 o vol., 4 o vol. is a facsimile of the first edition. Original vellum-backed boards, t.e.g. Original fitted box. Provenance : W.A. Clark (printed "Compliments" slip); Estelle Doheny (bookplate). LIMITED EDITION, number 68 of 250 sets -- and 11 other press books or fine bindings. (16)
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